Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 13:07:06 -0500
From: Michael Clark
Subject: Re: warp speed? -Reply
In a message dated 96-02-12 10:31:47 EST, Elizabeth Gregory writes:
>I agree that the source seems to be _Star Trek_, in which the term
>"warp" is used to describe traveling at the speed of light--for
>example, traveling at Warp Factor 3 would be three times the speed of
>light (parallel to the use of "mach" in aviation to refer to flying at
>the speed of sound)
Actually, the formula for figuring warp speed in the _Star Trek_ sense of the
word is W/F (warp factor) cubed times the speed of light... so travelling at
"warp 2" would be 8 times the speed of light, and "warp three" would be 27
times the speed of light.. etc. etc. etc
My source for this is the _Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual_, please
don't think too ill of me for owning this.
Michael/utlinguist[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]aol.com